The Sound of Melbourne

Australia · #27 origin · 2 Velvet Rock tracks

Combined (3:1)
208.5
US score
26.1
UK score
28.4
Attributed artists
21

Signature decade 1980s · era-distinctiveness 3.08 · score per artist 9.9

Decade fingerprint

Top artists

  1. 1Olivia Newton-John49.7
  2. 2Kylie Minogue32.7
  3. 3Air Supply32.1
  4. 4Gotye16.4
  5. 5Men at Work14.8
  6. 6Helen Reddy11.5
  7. 7Crowded House9.6
  8. 8Tones and I7
  9. 9The Seekers6.2
  10. 10Vance Joy5.7
  11. 11Little River Band4
  12. 12Jason Donovan3.6
  13. 13Gabriella Cilmi3.2
  14. 14Merril Bainbridge2.6
  15. 15Daniel Merriweather2.1

Signature songs

  1. 1“Dance Monkey” : Tones and I · UK / US #1 (2019)
  2. 2“Down Under” : Men at Work · UK / US #1 (1982)
  3. 3“Physical” : Olivia Newton-John · UK / US #1 (1981)
  4. 4“Somebody That I Used to Know” : Gotye · UK / US #1 (2012)
  5. 5“You're the One That I Want” : Olivia Newton-John · UK / US #1 (1978)
  6. 6“I'll Never Find Another You” : The Seekers · UK / US #1 (1965)
  7. 7“Hopelessly Devoted to You” : Olivia Newton-John · UK / US #2 (1978)
  8. 8“Magic” : Olivia Newton-John · US #1 (1980)
  9. 9“A Little More Love” : Olivia Newton-John · UK / US #3 (1979)
  10. 10“Georgy Girl” : The Seekers · UK / US #2 (1967)
  11. 11“Who Can It Be Now?” : Men at Work · US #1 (1982)
  12. 12“The Carnival Is Over” : The Seekers · UK #1 (1965)
  13. 13“The Loco-Motion” : Kylie Minogue · UK / US #2 (1988)
  14. 14“Mouth” : Merril Bainbridge · US #4 (1996)
  15. 15“Can't Get You Out of My Head” : Kylie Minogue · UK / US #1 (2001)

Chart-topping #1 singles

“XMAS”
Kylie Minogue · UK
2025
“Dance Monkey”
Tones and I · UK
2019
“Somebody That I Used to Know”
Gotye · UK / US
2012
“Slow”
Kylie Minogue · UK
2003
“Kiss Kiss”
Holly Valance · UK
2002
“Can't Get You Out of My Head”
Kylie Minogue · UK
2001
“Don't Call Me Baby”
Madison Avenue · UK
2000
“Spinning Around”
Kylie Minogue · UK
2000
“Ooh Aah... Just a Little Bit”
Gina G · UK
1996
“Any Dream Will Do”
Jason Donovan · UK
1991
“Tears on My Pillow”
Kylie Minogue · UK
1990
“Hand on Your Heart”
Kylie Minogue · UK
1989
“Sealed with a Kiss”
Jason Donovan · UK
1989
“Too Many Broken Hearts”
Jason Donovan · UK
1989
“Especially for You”
Kylie Minogue · UK
1988
“Especially for You”
Jason Donovan · UK
1988
“I Should Be So Lucky”
Kylie Minogue · UK
1988
“Down Under”
Men at Work · UK / US
1982
“Who Can It Be Now?”
Men at Work · US
1982
“Physical”
Olivia Newton-John · US
1981
“Shaddap You Face”
Joe Dolce Music Theatre · UK
1981
“The One That You Love”
Air Supply · US
1981
“Magic”
Olivia Newton-John · US
1980
“Xanadu”
Olivia Newton-John · UK
1980
“Summer Nights”
Olivia Newton-John · UK
1978
25 of 33 #1 singles · click a column to sort

Velvet Rock

2 Master Tape tracks by Melbourne artists: Emotion (Samantha Sang) · Don't Dream It's Over (Crowded House)